REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
the event of Article 38 of the Constitution * not
being respected, the consequences of any disturb-
ance over home or foreign affairs must be on
the heads of those responsible, and I shall feel
obliged to place my resignation in the hands of
His Majesty, and to publish in the press the
statements which I had prepared for the House.
I have the honour to await your reply.
" Signed, KIAMIL.
« Jan. 31, 1327."
T ALA AT BEY (Adrianople). The House should
proceed with its vote.
The rest of the sitting was stormy. Habib
Bey, a captain of artillery, made an inflammatory
speech, in which he declared that " the sharp
bayonets of the army and the guns of the fleet
would know how to frustrate any attack on the
rights of the nation."
At last, after a scene of indescribable confusion,
a vote of want of confidence in Kiamil Pacha
was carried by 198 votes to 8.
The House then adjourned.
Feb. 14, 12 noon. The House does not, as a
rule, sit on Sundays, but it met to-day to discuss
the change of Ministry. The chief feature of
* Kiamil was within his rights in availing himself of this
Article, which expressly provides for a Minister postponing
his appearance before the House in answer to interpellations-,
if he should deem it necessary.
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